Amada Senior Care
Bottom line
- Total investment $118K – $465K including a $57K franchise fee, 5.0% ongoing royalty.
- Average unit revenue of $1.6M/year (median $1.2M).
- Rated STRONG with a risk score of 44/100. SBA loan default rate of 0.0% across 64 loans (below the industry average).
- System growing at 22.5% CAGR over 3 years with 203 total units — strong expansion trajectory.
Item 1 · who you're contracting with
The Franchisor
Yale framework · single-unit ROIC
Returns Analysis
Pulls Item 7 (investment) and Item 19 (revenue) from this brand's FDD into the Yale unlevered-ROIC formula. Override any input to stress-test it against your own assumptions.
The model · Yale framework
What would one Amada Senior Care unit return on the cash you put in?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
110%
Above typical band (30–60%)
Levered LBO scenario · Yale Crease Capital framing
What would 25 Amada Senior Care units return on equity?
Equity IRR · 5-yr
26.5%
3.24× MOIC
Year-1 DSCR
3.11×
EBITDA ÷ debt service
Equity required
$14.1M
on $27.3M purchase
Total debt
$13.2M
SBA $5.0M + senior + seller note
Overview
About
Amada Senior Care franchisees operate in-home senior care businesses, providing non-medical personal care, companionship, and support services to elderly clients. Franchisees recruit, hire, and manage caregiving staff while managing client billing, scheduling, and customer relationships in their protected territory. Daily operations involve client acquisition, staff scheduling and retention, quality oversight, and billing/collections.
Item 7 · what it costs
The Vitals
Item 19
Financial Performance
Item 20 · unit dynamics
The Growth Chart
Year-over-year franchised unit counts and net change. Source: FDD Item 20.
Item 20 · 25 states with active franchisees
The Territory Map
Derived from franchisee contact records. Shows states with at least one current operator — not where the franchisor is registered to sell new units (that data is re-extracting in a future refresh).
States derived from franchisee phone area codes (Item 20). Approximate — ported numbers may show the original state, not the franchisee's current location.
Government records
SBA Loan Data
Aggregated from SBA 7(a) loan disclosures, public data unique to FranchiseVerdict.
FranchiseVerdict rating + FDD Items 3, 5, 6, 12, 17
Risk & Legal
Amada presents significant regulatory and litigation red flags with disclosure violations, franchisee fraud claims, and absent profitability data that obscure the true risk-adjusted returns on a six-figure investment.
Score breakdown · what drove the 44 / 100 rating
- 01HIGHMultiple litigation disclosures including FDD violations, fraud allegations, and territory encroachment disputes suggest systemic compliance and relationship issues
- 02MEDNo Item 19 (Average Unit Volume) disclosed despite $1.6M average revenue — lack of transparency on actual franchisee profitability and net income
- 03MINORCalifornia consent orders for FDD violations indicate franchisor failed to provide accurate disclosures, raising questions about current disclosure accuracy
- 04MEDHigh royalty rate (5-6%) combined with undisclosed net income makes it impossible to validate ROI on $118K-$465K investment
- 05HIGH11.4% YoY growth is modest for a home care franchise; litigation and consent orders suggest growth may be masking underlying dysfunction
- 06HIGHMultiple fraud and misrepresentation claims by franchisees indicate potential business model or support issues affecting unit viability
Severity inferred from the FDD text · not a regulatory classification
FDD Items 5, 6, 12, 17 · continued from Risk & Legal
Contract & Territory Detail
Item 11
Training & Operations
Item 20
Franchisee Contacts
Phone numbers extracted directly from this brand's FDD Item 20. After purchase, you'll also receive a list of validation questions tailored to this brand.
Franchisee contacts
73 numbers
One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included
FDD download
Amada Senior Care · FDD (2025) PDF